Philosophy from Dave Shoots, Bookseller

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1952 Book. Good Plus. Hardcover. Fifth Printing.. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. This book is the result of a project by newscaster Edward R. Murrow to discover the beliefs of hundreds of individuals as submitted in their own words. Gift note and price-clipped DJ. 200 pp..

Toronto: Ryerson Press, 1939 Book. Good Plus. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Blue paper boards backed in beige cloth. Dr. Murphy makes the case for reading Shakespeare. First free endpaper missing. Previous owner's name. 41 pp..

London: Jonathan Cape, 1929 Book. Illus. by Frontispiece Portrait. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Light brown cloth on boards. No writing or damage. The author is clearly aware of philosophical concerns associated with John Locke, and later, Ferdinand de Saussure and Charles Sanders Peirce - what is called 'semiotics' today. Evidence of this fact… Read more about this item

Toronto: George N. Morang & Co., Limited, 1897 Book. Good Plus. Hardcover. First Canadian Editiion. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Sequel to his Looking Backward, which he outlines in t he Preface to bring readers up to date. Sample chapter headings: Why the Revolution Did Not Come Earlier, How Inequality of Wealth Destroys Liberty, and Foreign Commerce… Read more about this item

Boston: Houghton Mifflin and Company, 1901 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original maroon cloth on boards. Gilt titling on spine and both covers. Gift note: "From Hon. George ( ? ) Hill, January, 1903." No internal marks or damage. 499 pp..

Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1967 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Second Edition, Fourth Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original brown cloth on boards. Previous owner's name. Underlining in Utilitarianism section only. One tiny tear to top of DJ. Editor's essay, Plato, Aristotle, Epicurus, Epictetus, Saint Augustine, Saint Thomas Aquinas, Thomas Hobbes, Joseph Butler, David… Read more about this item

London: George Allen & Unwin, Ltd., 1958 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First ( No Additional printings). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original bright green cloth on boards. Gift note and Christmas stamp. This anthology of philosophers offers a quick survey of the field. Whether sampling an unfamiliar name or reviewing a favourite, the reader will… Read more about this item

N.Y.: Odyssey Press, Inc., 1937 Book. Good to Very Good. Hardcover. Fifth Printing. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Original blue cloth on boards. Selected and edited by Richard Foster Jones of Stanford University. Very limited marking to text, but extensive notes on endpapers. Headband torn. 491 pp. Bacon, 1561-1626, is known as a natural… Read more about this item

N.Y.: Oxford U. Press, 1986 Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First ( No Additional printings). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original black cloth on boards. Unclipped DJ very good. Apparently the aim of the book is to bring some new names to the fore of the field of social and political theory. I started to read… Read more about this item

Hartford, Conn.: A.C. Goodman & Co., 1850 Book. Illus. by Illustrated with Engravings. Fair to Good. Full Leather. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original full leather on boards. Gap length of front joint. Five volumes in one: Mental Illumination and Moral Improvement of Mankind, Essay on the Sin and Evils of Covetousness, Celestial Scenery, Sidereal Heavens, and Practical… Read more about this item

Chicago: A.C. McClurg & Co., 1889 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. New and Enlarged Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Original dark green cloth on boards. Swing grew up in Ohio, where he attended Miami University with Benjamin Harrison. He became a well-known Presbyterian preacher, and a confidant of President and Mrs. Lincoln. Tried for heresy,… Read more about this item

N.Y.: Henry Holt and Col, 1892 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Original dark blue cloth on boards. Believed 1930? reprint. No DJ. No front free endpaper, OW very good. Minor pencil underlines/notations. 208 pp. including index..